Physic for the Forces
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Quackery, Medical Treatment, Human Development, War |
Responds to an advertisement for 'Dalby's Carminative' which stresses that the remedy is being supplied to Crimean troops. Noting that this remedy is given to infants by 'old women', suggests that 'some official Mrs. Gamp' must have prescribed it to the British Army. | |
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